[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 27722]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                            PETITIONS, ETC.

  Under clause 3 of rule XII, petitions and papers were laid on the 
clerk's desk and referred as follows:

       64. The SPEAKER presented a petition of the Marine Corps 
     League, Inc, relative to a petition urging the President of 
     the United States of America to send legislation to the 
     United States Congress that will require all school districts 
     throughout the United States of America to provide a United 
     States Flag for display in each classroom, that at the 
     beginning of each school day the Pledge of Allegiance is 
     recited, and the National Anthem be played at the conclusion 
     of the Pledge of Allegiance; to the Committee on Education 
     and the Workforce.
       65. Also, a petition of the Marine Corps League, Inc, 
     relative to a resolution urging the Congress of the United 
     States to inaugurate a National Day of Recognition to those 
     who served on active duty from 1945 to 1976, and continuous 
     from 1976 to the present during the major conflicts on the 
     continent of Asia, and that the day of October 23 be chosen 
     to commence this Day of Recognition; to the Committee on 
     Government Reform.
       66. Also, a petition of the Marine Corps League, INC, 
     relative to a petition urging the President and Congress to 
     pledge their full support to the State Veterans Home Program 
     as it is the most cost-effective nursing care-alternative 
     available to VA; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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